How to Stop This Scammer?

abear on 03/05/2020 - 18:47

I found a car listed on autotrader.com.au within 50k of home and emailed the seller.
The reply to my enquiry was one of the usual scams-"The car is in WA,I'm in the army getting deployed to Afhganistan in 3 weeks but will ship it back to you at my expense etc etc.
I googled his email address [email protected] and found he has been ripping off gullible people for years.
My question is how to stop the lowlife? He has hurt a lot of people .I have reported him to scam watch like everyone else but he is still active.

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Comments

  • slknv on 03/05/2020 - 18:52
    +1

    Give him the number of your local police station as "your" number to call to discuss payment further?

    • 87percent on 03/05/2020 - 19:20
      +6

      Don’t waste cops time

  • MilkDrinker on 03/05/2020 - 18:54
    +5

    Bikies

    • kahn on 03/05/2020 - 19:03

      Pandas.

      • elgrande on 03/05/2020 - 20:38

        Juggling pandas

  • Ocker on 03/05/2020 - 19:10
    +1

    I actually went through the process of humoring one of these scammers, all the way to the end where I was given a personal banking details into which to make payment.
    I was told the car was located in FNQ but would be shipped to me in Melbourne at no extra cost. Explained I had a relative in Brisbane who could pick the car up but was told the car was already in the shippers depot awaiting transport. Told them OK and I flicked through the white pages for a name/address of someone in Brisbane and gave the scammer that address.
    Said once I received confirmation the car was on the way I would make payment and asked for bank account details.
    Got back the confirmation and the name and account details of some stool pigeon at NAB in Brisbane.
    Said thanks and the told the scammer the entire email conversations had been passed on to the AFP.
    Never heard another word and don't know if the car ever turned up at the address I gave - probably not.
    Of course I did all of this through one of my disposable email address'

    • Diji1 on 03/05/2020 - 19:40

      You could start doing it on Youtube or Facebook.

      • [Deactivated] on 03/05/2020 - 19:50
        +1

        Have you seen the James veitch one?

        • elgrande on 03/05/2020 - 20:39

          Yeah thats a classic.. "I bet your googling that right now"

    • [Deactivated] on 03/05/2020 - 19:42
      -1

      Many people actually do that.

      The scammer knows what's up the moment you tried to outmaneuver them. Their time is worthless, your time is worth something.

      They are the ones that succeeded in wasting your time.

      • raptormesh on 03/05/2020 - 19:48
        +1

        Unless it's for entertainment. Put it up on YT for clicks.

    • subywagon on 03/05/2020 - 22:22

      haha be funny if it was actually legit and they shipped the car and all lol

    • broc119 on 03/05/2020 - 23:15

      How did you convince the scammer to ship before first obtaining payment?
      That's just poor business acumen in general lol

      • Ughhh on 04/05/2020 - 02:31

        I think you just missed the whole point there..

  • Cave Fire on 03/05/2020 - 19:31

    Well, could be other nationalities and countries but the most common is a Nigerian scammer. Lots of documentaries online about how they scam foreigners. Their success rate is low, but it's a big payoff when it works. The best thing you can do is report to the site as they can ban him.

  • Diji1 on 03/05/2020 - 19:38
    +1

    Report it on the police non-emergency number or cybercrime … something.

  • [Deactivated] on 03/05/2020 - 19:40

    He has hurt a lot of people

    How do you know that?

    This is the lamest scam. Everytime I list a car, I get a few of these responses. You know what they are?

    Confirmation your listing works.

  • pmdg777 on 03/05/2020 - 20:23
    -2

    list your ex's number

    • subywagon on 03/05/2020 - 22:23

      Like sloppy seconds?

  • Davo1111 on 03/05/2020 - 20:35

    delete and move on.

  • Brucet on 03/05/2020 - 22:21

    Report to the police.

  • randomusername2017 on 05/05/2020 - 00:02

    Sounded familiar

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